Raoul Hunter

Raoul Hunter was a Canadian sculptor and caricaturist.

Biography

Born in Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard, l'Islet, Quebec, Canada, Hunter studied at l’École des Beaux-Arts de Québec and at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris.
He was a caricaturist for Quebec City's Le Soleil from 1956 to 1989.
From 1989 he worked primarily as a sculptor.

Works

Mother Émilie Gamelin, 1999, at the Berri-UQAM station of the Montreal Metro.
Statue of William Lyon [Mackenzie King], on Parliament Hill, Ottawa
Monument to the memory of the Canadian merchant seamen from the province of Quebec who lost their lives at sea during World War II, Pointe-à-Carcy, Quebec, 2002.

Honours

Member since 1989 of the Order of Canada.